An Overview on the Middle Eastern Diaspora in the US: Challenges & Opportunities for Integration
Monday, April 19, 2021 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Preserving Dignity, Enriching Lives: The Arab American Communities. Presenter: Nahla Kayali.
Iranian Americans and the experience of discrimination. Presenter: Ali Akbar Mahdi.
Civic, Healthcare, and Immigration Rights: South Asian American Experiences. Presenter: Bilal H. Kazmi.
Turkish-American Experiences in Civic Engagement. Presenter: Dr. Ayca Altintig. Read more
Queering Abolitionist Efforts
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
The panelists will discuss LGBTQI+ experiences of criminalization and incarceration, especially as they relate to homophobia and transphobia. Central to the discussion will be these communities’ resistance to these forms of state violence. Particular attention will be placed on panelists’ abolitionists acts of surviving and thriving in a world that penalizes and criminalizes their very existence. Read more
Asian Americans in Social Work, Mental Health and the Law
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Listen to two CSUN AAS alumni share their experiences as former students and how they've forge their professional lives. Read more
Empowerment Through Performance Art
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
SPEAKERS: KEASU’C NAPOLEON HILL, WILLIAM ALBERTO GONZALEZ, CEASAR KIRK AVELAR, JOE MARTINEZ. Join us for an afternoon of performance and discussion on experiences of incarceration, re-entry, and the healing power of art. This is part of the series “Collectively Understanding Carcerality and Learning Transformative Justice.”
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A Talk by Drs. Rosaura Sánchez & Beatrice Pita on The Californio Testimonios
Monday, March 22, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
In their talk at CSUN, Drs. Sánchez and Pita will examine the complicated and often conflicted identity formation of Californios. They will also discuss their recent study on Indigenous and Mexican dispossession. In Spatial and Discursive Violence in the U.S. Southwest (Duke University Press 2021), they critically examine the participation of Chicanxin the dispossession of Indigenous populations before being dispossessed themselves with the U.S. invasion of the Southwest. Their work takes on an important Read more
Navigating the Expungement Process
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
In solidarity with Nation Expungement Week. Presented by CSUN's Project Rebound in collaboration with Root & Rebound, The Los Angeles Public Defender's Office, and The Social Impact Center. Read more
Eisner Judges on Eisner Week
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 4:00pm
Five past judges of Comic-Con's Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards, including English Department's Professor Charles Hatfield, discuss their selection process as well as the current state of the graphic novel. Read more
Incarceration, Family Separation, and Healing: A Conversation with Susan Burton and Antoinette Carter
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Presented by Project Rebound and Community Alternatives to 911 and co-sponsored by Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Center for the Study of the Peoples of the Americas, Central American and Transborder Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Civil Discourse & Social Change, College of Humanities, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Communication Studies, Criminology and Justice Studies, Deaf Studies, Educational Equity Committee, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Educational Opportunity Program, Gender & Women’s Studies, History, Queer Studies, Office of Student Affairs, Office of the Provost, Revolutionary Scholars, and the University Student Union. Please email at least five business days prior to the event to request ASL interpreters. Read more
Call for Student Paper Submissions: Fourth CDSC Social Justice Student Conference
Friday, March 5, 2021 - 11:00pm
Students: Please submit an abstract that provides a short summary (no longer than 200 words) of the content of the presentation/project/creative work. Abstract Submission Deadline: March 5th, 2021 Submit here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0nh2vRwwFMl5Qgxcl7UNXsoUAn1wLp_o2wBeQ6uoyKrvTDg/viewform
The conference features keynote addresses by graphic novel artist Thi Bui and documentary filmmaker Ciara Lacy
A Conversation with Dr. Cornel West - Walking the Tight Rope: Addressing Racial Battle Fatigue
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Lecture and Panel discussion with Dr. Cornel West. Sponsored by Diversity & Equity Innovation Grant. Read more